Answer in brief
CVE-2026-19795 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability in Qiskit SDK is vulnerable when deserializing QPY Files and may overflow the available stack space.. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps IBM/Qiskit SDK (generic), IBM/Qiskit SDK (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.2. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps IBM/Qiskit SDK (generic), IBM/Qiskit SDK (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| IBM/Qiskit SDKgeneric | >=2.1.0 <=2.5.1 | Not reported |
| IBM/Qiskit SDKgeneric | 2.1.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 3, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 3, 2026
Qiskit could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service due to a stack overflow during deserialization of QPY payloads. A malicious QPY payload can trigger a segmentation fault, causing the application to crash when deserializing untrusted input.
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